By: Diana E. Chavkin, M.D.
Background
According to a report by the national cancer institute, by 2015 one out of 250 adults will be a survivor of childhood cancer (Tangier, 2003). The good news is that, with early detection and rapidly improving treatment options, afflicted men and women ...

By Deborah L. Forman
After years of waiting, hoping, and trying, parenthood is within reach: the IVF worked and your gestational carrier is pregnant. Now, an early prenatal visit reveals that the surrogate is carrying a high-order multiple ...

By Kathy Brodsky, L.C.S.W.
November is National Adoption Month and celebrates adoption, adoptees, birth and adoptive families. There are national education campaigns, governmental advocacy efforts and state Adoption Days, all focused on building and strengthening adoptive families.
For adoptive ...

By Bob Bamman, LCSW
A really good question! This age of political correctness demands us to use terms that accurately reflect the reality of the referenced situation. Hence, the uproar some years ago when adoptive parents took issue with the term "real" parent in reference to the ...

By Becky Fawcett
It was ten years ago that my quest to have a biological child came to an end.
I had given it my all. Five rounds of IVF, three pregnancies, three miscarriages and $82,000 in non-insurance covered medical bills.
Why did I stop the biological quest?
I stopped (we stopped) because ...

by Kathy Brodsky, LCSW
I’m not one of those people who swoon over actors and actresses or even follow entertainment news. However, when the marriage of Brad and Angelina was announced, I had to watch to see how the media would identify their children.
Sure as shootin’ – ...

By Wendy Burch
I was out reporting in the field the other day, covering some sort of crime in the streets of Los Angeles, when a devoted viewer came up to say hello. After asking for an autograph and taking a ‘selfie,’ he turned to me and asked me if I have had any luck in ...

By Amanda Grant
Adoption may feel complicated but if you break it down to one decision at a time, it’s much more manageable. One of the most critical decisions you will make is the type of adoption professionals you will entrust to partner with on your adoption journey. Will it ...

By Shahin Ghadir, M.D.
The very interesting article that was written by Jennifer Lahl, president of the Center for Bioethics and Culture, about Kylee Gilman’s egg donation really made me start to think about the way some IVF clinics practice medicine. For many egg donors in our country, this ...

by Naomi Cahn
Last week, the California Court of Appeal for Los Angeles County issued its opinion in Jason P v. Danielle S. In this highly publicized decision, the court allowed a known sperm donor to try to prove his paternity, and the case has sent ...